How COVID-19 Changed My Life

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The first thing I think of when I reflect on a time when reading played a significant role in my life is two years ago, during my time in and out of the hospital. It was at the beginning of COVID-19 that I started to get into reading and writing. Even though I wasn’t able to go out and be with people, throughout this difficult time, I was still able to escape quarantine when I had a book or paper with a writing utensil. Whenever I wrote, sometimes I would journal or I would write a story about whatever came to mind. In the span of barely a year, I have moved twice across the country. After around a year of living in Duluth, my life has gone for the worse. COVID-19 had restricted and impacted my family negatively; I lost all of my friends that …show more content…
The week when all of this happened was the point where things would never be the same. This was the event that would change my life forever. In two years, I was sent to that same facility a total of three times. I had truly lost myself. However, a small light came back to me when a staff member gave me a notebook and a couple of markers, which I used to write stories that I made out of the silly little characters that I either drew or read about in the books that they provided for me. I always had to ask a nurse or staff member to unlock a cabinet for me to access. When the cabinet opened and I saw all of those materials, my face lit up, and I felt like I was okay. I currently have a notebook and a folder of papers that I collected from my three visits to Miller Dwan. Even though whenever I think of these last couple of years, I break down, my throat clenches, my chest tightens, and my eyes water, I’m still reminded of the memories of when I was able to continue using my imagination whenever I saw a book as well as paper and a writing